Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country	Armenia
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	25 February 2007
Selected entrant	Hayko
Selected song	"Anytime You Need"
Finals performance
Final result	8th, 138 points
Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Armenia was represented by Hayko in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Anytime You Need". The song was written and composed by Hayko and Karen Kavaleryan.

Before Eurovision

National final

Competing entries

On 15 February 2007, ARMTV revealed the twenty participating acts.[1]

Artist	Song	Composer(s)
Arina Hovhannisyan	"Colour of My Tears"	Arnold Fritzsch
Arshaluys Sargsyan	"Togh vor aysor"	Emil Svajyan, Arshaluys Sargsyan
Asta	"My Story"	Edgar Hakobyan
Emmy	"You’ve Done It"	Rafael Artesero
Erik	"Togh qich chtva"	Zara Petrosyan
Gevorg Martirosyan	"Nor ughiner"	Vahram Petrosyan, Sergey Grigoryan
Hariel Sando	"Only Music Makes Me Strong"	Harutyun Apresyan
Hayer	"You Need a Girl"	Brandon Stone
Hayko	"Anytime You Need"	Hayko, Karen Kavaleryan
Jacklina Tumanyan	"Angel"	Thomas Thörnholm, Michael Clauss, Dan Attlerud
Karine Asiryan	"Your Heart Is Hot"	Roman Ignatyev, Natalya Sidortsova, Anita Hakhverdyan
Lana Khachatryan	"Hate When You're Gone"	Emil Svajyan, Anush Manukyan
Marianna Hovhannisyan	"I'll Prove I'm Stronger"	Emil Svajyan, Anush Manukyan
Meri Voskanyan	"Again, Again"	Meri Voskanyan, Adam Kesselhaut
Meri Voskanyan	"Carry Me In"	Meri Voskanyan, Adam Kesselhaut, Cande De Rouge
Nelly Poghosyan	"So I Will Go"	Arsen Adonts, Twana Rhodes
R.P.	"Kapuyt trchun"	Vahan Khachatryan, Hayk Harutyunyan, Arpine Shahnubaryan
Sargis Edwards	"Rain"	Sargis Edwards
Sergey Grigoryan	"Qonn em"	Sergey Grigoryan
Vo.X	"I'm My Lover's"	Aram Rian

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final was held on 23 February 2007 at the ARMTV Studios in Yerevan, hosted by Gohar Gasparyan and Andre. In the first semi-final, two songs chosen by an "expert" jury and the winner of the SMS voting qualified for the final.[2]

Televote qualifier

Jury qualifier

Semi-final 1 – 23 February 2007
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place	Result
1	Jacklina Tumanyan	"Angel"	178	5	Eliminated
2	Hariel Sando	"Only Music Makes Me Strong"	36	9	Eliminated
3	R.P.	"Kapuyt trchun"	98	7	Eliminated
4	Nelly Poghosyan	"So I Will Go"	32	10	Eliminated
5	Gevorg Martirosyan	"Nor ughiner"	210	3	Eliminated
6	Asta	"My Story"	420	2	Advanced
7	Arshaluys Sargsyan	"Togh vor aysor"	131	6	Eliminated
8	Sergey Grigoryan	"Qonn em"	72	8	Advanced
9	Arina Hovhannisyan	"Colour of My Tears"	634	1	Advanced
10	Erik	"Togh qich chtva"	196	4	Eliminated

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final was held on 24 February 2007 at the ARMTV Studios in Yerevan, hosted by Gohar Gasparyan and Andre. The "expert" jury chose two songs for the final. As the winner of the SMS voting in the second semi-final (Hayko) had already been chosen by the "expert" jury, the runner-up in the SMS voting qualified for the final. After the second semi-final, Meri Voskanyan was selected by the jury as a wildcard finalist.[2]

Televote qualifier

Jury qualifier

Semi-final 2 – 24 February 2007
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place	Result
1	Hayer	"You Need a Girl"	318	9	Eliminated
2	Meri Voskanyan	"Again, Again"	633	7	Eliminated
3	Vo.X	"I'm My Lover's"	210	10	Eliminated
4	Karine Asiryan	"Your Heart Is Hot"	2,460	2	Advanced
5	Sargis Edwards	"Rain"	2,284	3	Eliminated
6	Marianna Hovhannisyan	"I'll Prove I'm Stronger"	2,121	4	Eliminated
7	Hayko	"Anytime You Need"	3,418	1	Advanced
8	Meri Voskanyan	"Carry Me In"	1,173	6	Wildcard
9	Emmy	"You’ve Done It"	1,793	5	Advanced
10	Lana Khachatryan	"Hate When You're Gone"	544	8	Eliminated

Final

The final was held on 25 February 2007 at the ARMTV Studios in Yerevan, hosted by Gohar Gasparyan and Andre. "Anytime You Need" performed by Hayko was selected by the "expert" jury as the winner. Although the decision was entirely up to the jury, a televote was also held which Hayko won.

Final – 25 February 2007
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place	Result
1	Sergey Grigoryan	"Qonn em"	142	7	Eliminated
2	Karine Asiryan	"Your Heart Is Hot"	360	6	Eliminated
3	Emmy	"You’ve Done It"	883	4	Eliminated
4	Asta	"My Story"	689	5	Eliminated
5	Hayko	"Anytime You Need"	5,170	1	Selected
6	Arina Hovhannisyan	"Colour of My Tears"	1,034	3	Eliminated
7	Meri Voskanyan	"Carry Me In"	3,133	2	Eliminated

At Eurovision

Armenia automatically qualified to the grand final, because it was on the top 10 last year. In the final, Hayko performed second last following Turkey and preceding the Moldova he finished in 8th place with 138 points it can be noted that while Armenia finished one point above Greece in 2006, they this time finished one point below them. With changes to the format of the competition coming into effect for 2008, Armenia would have to compete in one of two semi-finals for qualification into the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. As Armenia was not the winner of the 2007 Contest and was not a member of the Big Four, other results in the previous contest no longer pre-qualified nations to the final of the forthcoming contest.

Points awarded by Armenia[3]

Semi final

12 points	Belarus
10 points	Serbia
8 points	Georgia
7 points	Moldova
6 points	Portugal
5 points	Poland
4 points	Cyprus
3 points	Norway
2 points	Turkey
1 point	Bulgaria

Final

12 points	Russia
10 points	Belarus
8 points	Greece
7 points	Serbia
6 points	Ukraine
5 points	Georgia
4 points	Bulgaria
3 points	Moldova
2 points	France
1 point	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Points awarded to Armenia (final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Georgia Turkey	Belgium Czech Republic France Poland Russia Netherlands	Bulgaria Cyprus Spain		Greece
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Austria Belarus Israel Ukraine			Germany Moldova